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Michelle Rhee Wants to Spend $1 Billion Fixing Education

How -- and why -- she created her new interest group, students first.READ»

Teach for America’s Most Influential Alumni

Ahead of Teach for America's 20th-anniversary alumni summit in February, a look at the influentials who have emerged from the ranks of TFA vets.READ»

Michelle Rhee Announces Launch of an Education-Reform "Movement"

Students First, her new interest group/political lobby, will push her brand of change--and seek to raise $1 billion for the cause.READ»

What CSR and Nonprofit Leaders Are Reading - Part II

Want to know which business leader is reading Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? and who's reading The Iliad? See Part I. Let's see what some other leaders in business, CSR, and nonprofits have been reading this summer. Dominique Conseil, ...READ»

Update: Michelle Rhee vs. the D.C. Teachers' Union

Eighteen months after we profiled Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee ("The Iron Chancellor," September 2008), she still hasn't won union approval of a new contract. After the October layoffs of 266 teachers and staff, ...READ»

CSR 2010 Resolutions and Predictions From Business And Social Sector Leaders: Part I

With a plethora of challenges (and opportunities) facing our world, I wondered what resolutions and predictions business and social sector leaders would make for 2010. So I asked people who have a wide variety of perspectives, all of ...READ»

Michelle Rhee: Partnering With City Year DC to Tackle Dropout "Catastrophe"

Washington, D.C.'s public school system has 45,000 students and an abysmal dropout rate of about 50%, typical of large cities. With a goal to remedy this dropout "catastrophe" (Gen. Colin Powell's term), while being constrained by a ...READ»

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The 12 Most Creative Minds Of 2008

Culled from the pages of Fast Company magazine, this year's top creative minds take risks, spur ideas, and represent a masterful force driving nearly every facet of business forward. Meet the 12 most creative minds of 2008.READ»

Obama and McCain Fight Over A Woman

As the two presidential candidates fight over vouchers and charters in their third debate, DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee gets a shout-out. Where was she? "Asleep," she says. But she dismisses any talk of her becoming the next Secretary of Education as "ridiculous."READ»

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Fixing Washington D.C.'s School System

No one is attacking Washington, D.C.'s stagnant culture more boldly than Michelle Rhee, head of the city's failing schools. Is there a lesson here for our nation's leaders?READ»